Cortisol
Cortisol, adrenaline and your daily rhythm: Why you're wiped out at 4 pm and wired at midnight
A plain-language guide to your stress rhythm: what your body clock is, what cortisol actually does, how it differs from adrenaline, and why demanding days leave you wiped out at 4 pm and wired at midnight.
10 min read14 sources19 Oct 2026